Needle-shield



A. N. HOMAN.

NEEDLE SHIELD. APPLICATION F |LED MAY 15I 19l8.

1,360,952, Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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NEEDLE-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Application filed May 15, 1918. Serial No. 234,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE N. HOMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Titusville, in the county of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inNeedle-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shield especially adapted to be used inconjunction with a knitting needle or needles and it consists in thenovel features hereinafter described and claimed. 7

An object of the invention is to provide a shieldof simple and durablestructure which may be used for holding and protecting the ends orpoints of knitting needles and wh ch may also be used to advantage whenapplied to a belt or article of apparel of the user to hold the end of aknitting needle which is generally used by the right hand thus leavingthe hand free to be used for manipulating the yarn and the device willfurther prevent the needle from dropping or slipping during the knittingoperation.

IVith the above object in View the shield comprises a safety pinstructure with a tube mounted on one side thereof and extendinglongitudinally thereof. The said tube is open at one end and closed atits opposite end. When the device is used for holding or protecting aneedle or needles two of them are employed and they may be connectedtogether by an elastic band or strip whereby the end portions of theneedles may be housed in the tubes and the said strip will hold the twodevices in position upon the needles.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the needle shield.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the needle shield.

The needle shield comprises a safety p n 1 having a tube 2 applied toone of its sides and extending longitudinally thereof. The

said tube 2 is open at one end and closed at its opposite end. Anelastic tape 3 may be connected at its ends with the pins 1 whereby theyare attached to each other and consequently when the tubes 2 of two ofthe devices are placed over the end portions of a needle or needles thetape 3 will stretch and hold the tubes in position at the ends of theneedles. It will be noted that the ends of the tape are attached to themovable limb of an ordinary safety pin, so that should the tape at anytime lose its elasticity or become broken, it can be quickly and easilyremoved from the pin to be knotted or shortened as required, byreleasing the movable limb from its keeper and sliding the tape OK theend thereof. Therefore the needles may be safely carried in a bag orother receptacle and they will not penetrate through the sides of thebag for the reason that their pointed ends are inclosed. Also the endsare protected by the tubes. During the knitting operation the safety pin1 may be attached to the belt or article of apparel of the user in anordinary manner and the needle which is usually supported by the 'righthand during the knitting operation may be supported in the tube 2 andconsequently the right hand of the operator is left free for the propermanipulation of the yarn and the needle is prevented from slipping orfalling. It has been demonstrated that such a device for holding theneedle while teaching theart of knitting has beenhelpful inasmuch as thepupil is not burdened with the needle but the attention may be directedto the proper manipulation or movement of the yarn. The pins arearranged longitudinally of the tube terminating short of both endsthereof so as to be entirely out of view when the tubes are attached toan article of apparel.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing it will be seen that a needle shield of simple anddurable structure is provided and that the same may be conveniently usedfor protecting a needle and also for holding the same during theknitting operation.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

A needle shield of the character described comprising a pair of spacedtubular casings, each having one open end and arranged with the openedend in confronting relation, a safety pin carried by each casing andarranged longitudinally thereof for attaching the tube to an article ofapparel, said pins terminating short of both ends of the tube wherebythey are concealed from view when in use, an elastic tape connectingsaid tube, loops formed by the terminals of said tape and receiving themovable limbs of the respective pins, whereby said pins can be readilyremoved when desired.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

ANNIE N; OMAN.

